Re: URGENT: A Plea to the owners of linux.dev.kernel

Terence J. McDevitt (mcdevitt@hulk.oit.unc.edu)
Wed, 2 Apr 1997 14:46:16 -0500 (EST)

I subscribed to this list because I saw the name "linux-kernel".
To me, this name does not imply development only questions. So when I ask
a question about upgrading to a newer kernel and everyone jumps all over
me about it, maybe there's a reason I'm posting a question like that. I
don't mind going to another list, but again, by the way it reads, this is
not a list devoted to developers...

Terence J. McDevitt

BTW - Thanks to all who have offered help without getting upset about
it...

On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, David S. Miller wrote:

> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 12:59:13 -0500
> From: "David S. Miller" <davem@jenolan.rutgers.edu>
> To: tlewis@mindspring.com
> Cc: submit-linux-dev-kernel@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
> Subject: Re: URGENT: A Plea to the owners of linux.dev.kernel
>
> From: Todd Graham Lewis <tlewis@mindspring.com>
> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 12:42:28 -0500
>
> The kernel developers' list has been riddled with off-topic,
> inappropriate posts for a while now, and the trend is getting much
> worse. This is a very real problem, especially given the
> propensity of Linux users and developers never to rebuke an
> inappropriate posting, or even when rebuking the poster to offer an
> answer to his question, thereby offering absolutely no incentive
> for newbies et al. to go to the help groups rather than to the
> friggin' kernel developers' list.
>
> I think it is just as much of a mistake to tell a new user to go blow
> even if he posts his legitimate questions here. He will just as soon
> stop being a Linux user, primary developers giving acceptance and help
> to new users is what Linux is all about. While I do get annoyed when
> I am flooded with simplistic questions I still have to sit back and
> remember what it is that keeps this project going, and what will
> continue to.
>
> As for the offtopic'ness as of late, the past few days have been
> filled with "clueful postings" and in fact your posting here is the
> first break in that spell. Touche'
>
> There really isn't anything that can be "done" about offtopic postings
> (as others have pointed out) and segregating the kernel list is not
> going to happen at least as long as I run them at vger. So my
> response it going to be to setup a procmail filter so you don't have
> to look at the crapola threads...
>
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